National Health Service Events 2008 (49KB

PSNC Chief Executive visits the LPC (26/08/08)

Sue Sharpe, Chief Executive of the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee, (shown left with Pat King, LPC Chair) attended the August Local Pharmaceutical Committee meeting. Sue had been invited to talk to members and contractors about how community pharmacy funding is negotiated nationally and to respond to questions regarding the current difficulties being experienced by contractors.

Sue explained the issues around the sources of funding for community pharmacy and the complicated negotiation process that is followed to determine the levels of funding each year. Unfortunately Sue wasn’t able to give an assurance that there will be an immediate end to the financial problems being encountered by contractors. However, PSNC is aware of the extent of these difficulties and is lobbying hard with the Department of Health to try to ensure that these problems are alleviated as soon as possible.

A more comprehensive account of the meeting will be included in the next edition of the LPC Newsletter; notes from the meeting will also be posted shortly on the website.

Pharmacy in England: Building on Strengths-Delivering the Future: Proposals for legislative change - Dispensing by Doctors (9/09/08)

The consultation document, “Pharmacy in England: Building on Strengths – delivering the future: proposals for legislative change” was issued recently by the Department of Health (DH). The document can be accessed at http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Consultations/Liveconsultations/index.htm.

Chapter 4 (page 33) of the document is entitled “Dispensing by Doctors” and outlines a choice of 4 options that DH is considering as changes to the regulations in a move to eliminate what it describes as “anomalies and inconsistencies” in the current system. Any decision taken at a national level could have an impact on community pharmacy in the rural areas. With this in mind, the LPC is holding a meeting at 6.30pm on 22nd September 2008 in the Board room at Appleton House to give contractors the opportunity to raise any issues that they would like to see included in the LPC response to DH. If you are interested in attending please could you let Greg Burke know by 16th September on 0191 378 4831 or at greg.burke@durhamlpc.org.uk

You may also be interested to note that Primary Care Contracting is holding a consultation listening event on 17th October 2008 at the Thistle Hotel in Newcastle; this is another opportunity to comment on the content of the document. More detail can be accessed via the Primary Care Contracting website.

Medicines Use Reviews - Important Reminder (19/08/08)

When the revised Medicines Use Review form was introduced on 14 December 2007, arrangements were also made for a transitional period during which existing MUR forms could continue to be used. That transitional period ends on 30 September 2008, and after that date, the old style form will no longer be valid.

Please check that you have the new style forms, and dispose of any of the old style forms.

During PSNC discussions with the NHS and with representatives of general practitioners, one of the most frequently raised criticisms of the report forms being sent to GPs was that it is unclear what is expected of the GP. The form introduced in December 2007 addresses that criticism and the Department of Health guidance now identifies the circumstances in which the form should be sent to the GP:

Where as a result of the MUR service consultation, a recommendation is to be made to the patient's GP (or their equivalent) the pharmacist shall provide to them within 7 days of the MUR a copy of the overview page of the MUR form or if more appropriate a copy of the whole MUR form.

Where as a result of the MUR consultation, no recommendation is to be made to a patient's GP or equivalent, the pharmacist must notify them within 1 month of the date of the MUR consultation, that the patient has received a MUR consultation. There is no need to send any copy of the overview page or whole MUR form unless it is thought appropriate.

Where a patient's GP (or their equivalent) requests a copy of the overview page or complete MUR form, a copy of it must be given to them within a reasonable time. This applies even where a recommendation has not been made.

Our Vision, Our Future. Our North East NHS

All Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs) have now published their local “vision” documents, as part of the overall Darzi “Next Stage” review process. These are important strategic documents, setting out long-term plans for health services within the region. The publication of the report starts a 3 month consultation on the proposal for services within each SHA. Click on the link below to access the document.

Our Vision, Our Future, Our North East NHS (2.26MB)

Our Vision for Primary and Community Care (14/07/08)

'Our vision for Primary and Community Care', published as part of the Next Stage Review of the NHS, sets out the future direction for primary and community care in England, where essential standards are ensured and excellence is rewarded. It focuses on personal and responsive health care - providing integrated care based around the person, not just their individual symptoms or care needs.

The strategy underlines the central role primary and community care services play in keeping people healthy, preventing illness and promoting healthy life styles as well as tackling regional variations in health and well-being. Click on the following link to access the document:

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Healthcare/OurNHSourfuture/index.htm

NHS Next Stage Review – Final Report

Lord Darzi launched the Next Stage Review final report on Monday 30 June. “High Quality Care For All” sets a new foundation for a health service that empowers staff and gives patients choice. It aims to ensure that health care will be personalised and fair, include the most effective treatments within a safe system, and help patients to stay healthy. Click on the link below to access the document and associated information.

http://www.ournhs.nhs.uk/

Alternatively, PSNC has produced a summary of the Review; click here to access that document:.

PSNC Briefing on the NHS Next Stage Review – High Quality Care For All (122KB)

GP Led Health Centres - PCT Consultation

Co Durham and Darlington Primary Care Trusts are currently running public consultation exercises around the proposals to open a GP led Health centre in Easington and one in Darlington.

Details of the consultation and how to submit your comments can be accessed by clicking on the links below.

Consultation on Proposals for Improved Access to GP Services in Darlington (32KB)
Consultation Questionnaire Darlington (22KB)
Consultation on Proposals for Improved Access to GP Services in Co.Durham (138KB)
Consultation Questionnaire Co.Durham (23KB)

Medicines Use Reviews News Article

Hopefully there should hopefully be an article appearing in the local press (Northern Echo etc.) in the next few days promoting the availability of MURs in community pharmacies.

It is a human interest story and focuses on a patient who acknowledges that his attendance for an MUR has had a very positive impact on his quality of life.

Please click on the link below to access the article:

Medicines Use Review Article (29KB)

Mr Alan Phillips

Alan Phillips, a community pharmacist in the Sedgefield locality, has resigned from his post as LPC member. As well as being a long standing member of the committee Alan also held the post of LPC secretary for over twenty years. In both those roles he has worked hard to ensure community pharmacy gets the recognition it deserves within the local health economy.

Alan was also an active member on several of the LPC’s sub committees. He will continue as the community pharmacy Practice Based Commissioning representative in Sedgefield and also as a member of the Sedgefield Pharmacy Development Group.

On behalf of community pharmacy the LPC would like to thank Alan for all his work over the years and to send best wishes for the future.

April 2008

Monitored Dosage Systems Survey

Thank you to all of you who took part in our survey of MDS usage last October. The final report can be downloaded from the Contractors' Only homepage.

Co. Durham PCT Commissioning Intentions & Willing Providers

More information can be found in the Contractors' Only section.

Multi-professional Practice Grants

More information can be found in the Contractors' Only section.

Vacancies for PCT Clinical Champions posts

More information can be found in the Contractors' Only section.

Emergency Planning Template

At a recent meeting, the LPC discussed plans community pharmacies would put in place in the event of an emergency. The Committee noted that approximately 18 months ago pharmacies were issued with a template to assist them with their contingency plans. Many pharmacies used the template and found it very useful, with this in mind a copy is attached below for your use.

Service Continuity Planning Template (75KB)

EPS Release 2: Are your Pharmacy contact details up to date on the NHS Choices Website?

Contractors may have noted the article in the recent LPC Newsletter (Winter 2007/08) regarding errors in the NHS.UK website. It is now more important than ever to ensure that details pertaining to your pharmacy are accurate as information on which pharmacies are EPS Release 2 enabled will be provided by the Website (www.nhs.uk). It will be updated automatically as individual pharmacies become Release 2 enabled. It is essential that the information held on nhs.uk is up to date to support prescribers in locating and setting the nomination of a particular pharmacy on their prescribing system at the patient's request.

Pharmacy contractors can check now whether the information held online at the NHS Choices website is up to date. It is particularly important to check whether the pharmacy name displayed on the NHS Choices site is the pharmacy’s current trading name and that the postcode is accurate.Requests for changes to the name or address of a pharmacy displayed on the site should be put in writing to Janet Burdon, FHS Agency, Appleton House, Lanchester Road Durham DH1 5XZ.

The PCT must then submit a change request to the NHSBSA PPD. Requests to change other information including the pharmacy’s telephone number, opening hours and the services provided should also be sent to the PCT. This information can be amended directly by the PCT Web Editor. It is anticipated that, in the future, pharmacies will be given direct access to update certain information held on the NHS Choices site.

NPSA Booklets

Recently NPSA launched two new additions to the “Design for Patient Safety” series of booklets to help reduce number of errors made when medicines are dispensed;

Safer design of dispensed medicines.

Safer design of the dispensing environment.

Both documents focus on design and encourage dispensaries to simplify their process so that they anticipate and prevent human error.

Mistake-proofing is the use of process design to facilitate correct actions, make wrong actions more difficult, make it easier to discover errors that occur, and make it possible to reverse or undo incorrect actions. Mistake-proofing tends to be inexpensive, very effective, and based on simplicity and ingenuity. The new booklets are the first to apply these principles to the dispensing process. By working with stakeholders, including both patients and health professionals the NPSA has identified a series of recommendations.

The documents focus on the two aspects that have been identified as most likely to contribute to errors: The design and layout of the dispensing area and the design and presentation of information, particularly dispensing labels, placed on medicines given to patients.

For more information visit:
www.npsa.nhs.uk/patientsafety/medication-zone

Important Information regarding Prescription Declarations

Pharmacy staff are reminded of the importance of ensuring that the back of each prescription form is completed correctly, where necessary.

In England, the only patients not required to complete the exemption declaration on the reverse of the prescription form are patients exempt on age grounds (aged under 16, or aged 60 and over) whose date of birth is automatically printed out on a hard copy paper prescription or inserted into an electronic prescription by an appropriate computer system that stores the patient’s NHS electronic record. This easement also applies to repeat prescriptions and electronic repeat prescriptions where the patient’s date of birth is automatically printed out in the same way.

Those patients claiming exemption from prescription charges on age grounds but whose date of birth is handwritten onto the paper prescription form or not contained within the electronic prescription are required to make an exemption declaration. It is acceptable to use a pharmacy stamp to provide the address information required on a prescription, where a member of the pharmacy staff is signing as a representative of the patient, however a pharmacy stamp is not accepted as a signature in a declaration of exemption. Under the previous manual NHSBSA PPD processes, only a sample of prescriptions from every bundle were checked to confirm that prescriptions were correctly submitted as ‘exempt’ or ‘charge paid’. As part of the CIP process, high speed scanners support the collection of information on the prescription charge status of every prescription. All prescriptions where the NHSBSA PPD intelligent character recognition software identifies that a prescription has been submitted in an incorrect bundle are referred to an exception handler to assess whether a prescription should be switched or not. If the exemption declaration on the reverse of a prescription is not completed and the patient is not age exempt with the age or date of birth printed on the prescription, the prescription will be treated as a 'paid' prescription and prescription charges may be deducted for that prescription during the payment process.

Therefore, to ensure correct payment, it is essential that care is taken to ensure that the reverse of each prescription is correctly completed.

March 2008

David Miller

David Miller, a community pharmacist in the Sedgefield locality, has resigned from his post as LPC member. David is a long standing member and past chairman of the Committee. In both those roles he has worked hard to ensure community pharmacy gets the recognition it deserves within the local health economy.

David was also an active member on several of the LPC’s sub committees and was one of the community pharmacy representatives on the panels convened by the PCTs to hear pharmaceutical services hearings.

On behalf of community pharmacy the LPC would like to thank David for all his help over the years and to send best wishes for the future.

January 2008

Responsible Pharmacist - Department of Health Consultation

As we reported in the Autumn edition of the Newsletter the LPC was to give consideration to the consultation document published by the Department of Health (DH) on the process surrounding the implementation of legislation governing the Responsible Pharmacist. The Committee devoted a large proportion of its January meeting to completing the reply template and careful consideration was given to the response for each of the questions. The completed template and covering letter can be found in the LPC Documents section of the Contractors' Only section of this website The documents have been submitted to the DH as the LPC’s response on behalf of community pharmacists in Co Durham and Darlington.

December 2007

Pharmacy 2020

Pharmacy 2020 is a consultation led by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB), you may already have seen a number of articles on the subject in recent copies of the Pharmaceutical Journal.

The consultation process on Pharmacy 2020 is well under way and RPSGB is looking for as many people, professionals or otherwise, to contribute to the debate.

If you would like to learn more about it and submit your own thoughts please click on the link below, it will take you to the relevant section of the RPSGB website.

You have until 28th December to submit comments.

http://www.rpsgb.org.uk/worldofpharmacy/ currentdevelopmentsinpharmacy/pharmacy2020/

RPSGB 2008 Fees Consultation

The consultation on the proposed fees for 2008 has been concluded. You can view the results of the consultation by clicking here.

Opening Times over Christmas and New Year

At the November meeting of the Local Pharmaceutical Committee, Kate Huddart, Head of Medicines Management for Co Durham and Darlington PCTs, informed members of the PCTs' policy in relation to pharmacy opening times over the forthcoming holiday period.

The PCTs have determined that all pharmaceutical contractors must adhere to their core hours over the festive period i.e. 100 hour pharmacies must open for at least 100 hours each week and 40 hour pharmacies must open for at least 40 hours each week.

The regulations do state, however, that for the purpose of calculating the number of hours that a pharmacy is open during a week that includes Christmas Day, and/or a Bank Holiday, it shall be deemed that the pharmacy did provide its contracted hours on those days whether it was open or not. In other words, when a pharmacy does close on Christmas day and/or a Bank Holiday it does not have to provide these hours elsewhere in the week.

At the meeting the LPC recognised and endorsed the PCTs' position on this issue and advises all contractors to ensure that they comply with the terms of their contract in relation to this matter.

November 2007

On 8th November LPC members Peter Grundy and David Miller together with Chief Officer, Greg Burke went to a meeting at the North East FHSA. They met with Helen Lumley (left), Interim Head of Operations and Paul Chapman, Interim Senior Service Manager, Contractor Services.

The meeting arose following discussions at LPC meetings around whether the LPC was entitled to be notified of all minor relocation applications (both applications under 500m and those over 500m) when they are received by the Agency not just when a decision has been taken. The expectation was that if notification was given at that time the LPC could make comment that might have a bearing on the decision taken by the PCT.

There was a full and frank discussion on the issue that was helpful both to the LPC and the Agency. The Agency made it clear that it is bound by the regulations which state that they are unable to give notification as requested by the LPC. They did clarify however that it is the PCT who take the decisions on these cases and not the Agency; it is there to provide guidance on interpretation of the regulations. The LPC will therefore be speaking with the PCT in the near future to try to ascertain whether the procedures they follow when processing minor relocations could include some informal discussions with the LPC. The LPC believes that this could be of benefit to the PCT and community pharmacy in the aim of ensuring equitable distribution of pharmacies.

If you are contacted by the PCT to request your comments in a minor relocation application in your area and you would like assistance in formulating your reply then please contact Greg Burke, Chief Officer on 0191 378 4831 or at greg.burke@durhamlpc.org.uk

Appointment made to Independent Contractor Vacancy

At its meeting on 17th October 2007 the Local Pharmaceutical Committee confirmed an appointment to the Independent Contractor post on the Committee that had been vacant since January of this year.

Simon Elliott, major shareholder in Haswell Pharmacy and a well known locum pharmacist, was unanimously voted on to the Committee until 31st March 2010.

Simon commented: "I was delighted to hear recently that I had been appointed to the Committee. I look forward to working with the members to help promote the excellent work being carried out within community pharmacy. I believe my work as a locum has established links with many pharmacists/contractors, this may assist communication between them and the LPC. I can also view pharmacy issues from the perspective of both a contractor and a locum
pharmacist."

Simon will attend his first meeting of the Committee on 21st November.

Community Pharmacy Strategy Launch Event

Hardwick Hall, Sedgefield
4th October 2007

The Local Pharmaceutical Committee hosted the Community Pharmacy Strategy Launch event at Hardwick Hall on 4th October 2007.

Delegates included representatives from both County Durham and Darlington Primary Care Trusts, Practice Based Commissioning Group Chairs, a Member of Parliament and patient representatives and there was an excellent attendance.

Patricia King, LPC Chair, and Simon Clarke, LPC vice chair, opened the conference with an introduction to the LPC. They were followed by Mike King, Head of LPC and Contractor Services at the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) who gave a national perspective on issues that were relevant locally eg minor ailment schemes and Practice Based Commissioning. The LPC is very grateful to Mike for his attendance as he had stepped it at the very last minute to replace Sue Sharpe, Chief Executive of PSNC, who unfortunately was unwell.

Delegates then participated in five interactive workshops on the following topics:

These workshops generated a great deal of interest and discussion and proved to be very educational for those attending who were not familiar with the diversity of services offered by community pharmacies. The LPC would like to thank the facilitators of those workshops John Hall, Peter Horrocks, Noel Dixon, Ian Conn and Simon Clarke for their work both on the night and in leading up to the event.

The evening was closed by Patricia King outlining how community pharmacy is looking to the future and determining how best to shape its services to fit in with the ever changing health service environment.

Colin Morris, Chief Executive of Darlington Primary Care Trust, thanked the LPC for organising the event, an event he found both interesting and stimulating. These sentiments were echoed by Stewart Findlay, Chair of Durham Dales Practice Based Commissioning Group, who said that he had seen many opportunities where community pharmacy can provide services that would be of tremendous benefit to patients.

September 2007

Over the last two years a number of key policy documents have been published highlighting new and innovative ways for community pharmacy to work with Primary Care Trusts (PCTs).

The Local Pharmaceutical Committee (LPC) has undertaken a significant piece of work to review these documents. This has culminated in the production of a comprehensive Strategy Document. The document highlights the ways in which community pharmacy can help to make significant contributions to the health and well being of the residents of County Durham and Darlington. Please click on the link to access the document.

Strategy Document 2007 (1.4MB)

The LPC would be grateful to hear your views on the content of the Strategy: please contact Greg Burke on 0191 378 4831 or e-mail greg.burke@DurhamLPC.org.uk

August 2007

LPC Annual Report 2006/2007

County Durham and Darlington Local Pharmaceutical Committee’s Annual Report for the financial year 2006/07 has now been published. Please click on the link to download an abridged version of the document which excludes the Treasurer's Report. The full document containing the Treasurer's Report is available from the LPC Documents section of the Contractors Site. (Hard copies of the Report were posted to contractor)).

LPC Annual Report 2006-2007 abridged (467KB)

The report provides an overview of the work undertaken on behalf of contractors by the LPC during the year, both locally and nationally. It also gives details of the membership of the committee and which members represent each of the areas within County Durham and Darlington.

If you would like any further information on any of the issues raised within the report then please contact Greg Burke, Chief Officer.

July 2007

Healthcare Plus Pharmacy has moved from Post Office Buildings, Front Street, South Hetton, Durham. DH6 2UB to South Hetton Health Centre, Front Street, South Hetton, Durham DH6 2TH

June 2007

New Chief Officer appointed

Mr. Greg Burke, formerly Primary Care Contracts Manager at Durham Health Authority and Darlington PCT's Planning Manager, has been appointed Co. Durham LPC's new Chief Officer.

Resources for NPA Members

The following resources are now available to all NPA Members by telephoning the NHS Service Development Department on 01727 832161 ext 3217:

Co. Durham PCT has approved the following change of ownership applications:

Raygale Ltd, Unit 7, Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland – to be taken over by National Co-operative Chemists Ltd
Raygale Ltd, 25 Gilesgate Durham City – to be taken over by National Co-operative Chemists Ltd

The above mentioned approvals are both subject to appeal by interested parties.

The PCT has also approved the following minor relocation application:

National Co-op Chemists, 19 Festival Walk, Spennymoor – relocating to St Andrews medical centre, St Andrews Lane, Spennymoor DL16 6QA

Norchem Healthcare Ltd has withdrawn its application to provide Wholly Internet/Mail Order pharmaceutical services at Norchem House, Chilton Industrial Estate, Ferryhill, Co. Durham, DL17 0PD. The intention was to establish a centralised function for the preparation of MDS units within the Norchem group, and after discussion it was agreed that inclusion in the pharmaceutical list was not required.

September 2006

DoH Consultation on Control of Entry

The LPC has responded to the government's consultation on the impact of the new Control of Entry Regulations. More details in the 'OFT Report' section of this website.

All Party Pharmacy Group Consultation

The LPC were asked to complete a questionnaire on the "Future of Pharmacy" by the influential All Party Pharmacy Group (APPG) at Westminster. Our response can be downloaded here:

APPG Inquiry into the Future of Pharmacy (124K)

Practice Based Commissioning

NHS Primary Care Contracting have written a Practice Based Commissioning (PBC) briefing focussing on the contribution that community pharmacy can make.

PSNC and the other pharmacy bodies have worked together to support the development of this resource, which is aimed at PCTs and commissioning groups and to a lesser extent LPCs and local pharmacy leaders.

Download it here

Electronic Prescription Service

Andy Williams, the North East Cluster ETP Implementation Manager was a guest speaker at the Easington Pharmacy Development Group in June. He gave a talk and slide show: if you want to learn more about the current status of the EPS service, read the slide show here

PCT Reconfiguration

From 1st. October, 2006 five Co. Durham PCTs will merge to become County Durham PCT: Derwentside, Durham Dales, Durham + Chester-le-Street, Easington and Sedgefield. Darlington PCT is retained, as are all four Cleveland PCTs: North Tees (renamed Stockton-on-Tees Teaching), Hartlepool, Middlesbrough and Langbaurgh (renamed Redcar + Cleveland). More information here

April 2006

Out of Hours Service (Rota) and Care Home Service (Advice to Care Homes) are local Enhanced Services under the new Pharmaceutical Services (Advanced and Enhanced Services) Directions. These directions revoked the Directions of 1st. April 1999.

However under transitional arrangements any 'rota' or 'care homes' service that was in place prior to 1st. April 2005 could continue for a further 12 months. These arrangements have therefore now expired.

Any of you now providing 'rota' or 'care homes' services should be doing so under contract with your PCT as a funded Enhanced Service. Contact the LPC Secretary for futher advice.

Smart Cards

Guidance for community pharmacy contractors on implementing Release 1 of the Electronic Prescription Service can be downloaded:

EPS Release 1 Guidance ( 85.3K)

or read on screen by clicking here.

This guidance note provides practical steps for community pharmacy contractors about to embark upon implementing Release 1 of the Electronic Prescription Service. It covers topics including selecting a system supplier, connectivity, obtaining smartcards and making provisions for training.

The EPS01 form must be completed by all community pharmacists requiring smartcards to access EPS Release 1.

EPS01 short form - registration for EPS Release 1 (102K)

Supporting notes are available:

EPS Supporting Notes (63.1K)

Prior to completing the form, you should contact your local PCT Registration Authority to obtain more information about its registration procedure for community pharmacists. Community pharmacy contractors who work for larger pharmacy organisations should also seek guidance from their head office.

New LPS Regulations

The new Local Pharmaceutical Services Regulations 2006 are available by clicking here.

Methadone Mixture

RPSGB Guidance on extemporaneous preparation of methadone mixture. Click here for more information.

W.L.Murray Chemists , 15 Front Street, Lanchester, Co. Durham, DH7 0LA is now owned by M & A Burdon Ltd.and will trade as Lanchester Pharmacy

Lumley Pharmacy, 13 Lombard Place, Great Lumley, Co. Durham, DH3 4QP is now owned by J. Dinning Ltd. but will continue to trade as Lumley Pharmacy

Lloyds Pharmacy Ltd, of 86 Princess Road, Seaham, Co. Durham, will close on 21st August 2004

Change of name - Mills Chemists, Barnard Castle

Mills Chemists of 86 Galgate, Barnard Castle has now changed its name to Marsdens Pharmacy. All services remain unchanged.

R. Karimi, 56 Front Street, Haswell, Co Durham, DH6 2BI is now trading as "Haswell Pharmacy Ltd"

May 2003

Co. Durham & Darlington Priority Services Trust is now recommending the above unlicensed product for the control of prolonged or repeated seizures. Full details in the Cascade part of the Contractors' only section.

The above Pharmacy will close on Monday and Wednesday afternoons at 5:30pm with effect from 3rd. February

November 2002

Change of Ownership - Vantage Chemist

With effect from 12th November 2002, Vantage Chemist, 12 Station Road, Consett, Co. Durham will now trade as Lloyds Pharmacy

Change of Ownership - Mr & Mrs C Forster, T/A Welsh Chemists

Welsh Chemist, 144 Melrose Drive, St. Helen's Auckland will now be known as C & C Forster Ltd, T/A Welsh Chemist

Minor Relocation - M & M (Chemist) Ltd

With effect from 23rd November 2002, the above Pharmacy has relocated to the following address:

Pharmacy Relocation - E. Moss Ltd

E. Moss Ltd, formerly of 65 Cockton Hill Road, Bishop Auckland has relocated its Pharmacy to:

46/48 Cockton Hill Road
Bishop Auckland
Co. Durham
DL14 6AH

All other details will remain the same

Downloads Available

We have added several more Forms for you to download including updated DOS1, DOS2, NH3 Pharmacy Visit Check List and Stationery Request forms.

We know that not many Pharmacy computers can print out these kind of forms particularly well on dot matrix printers, but we provide these forms for those of you who have good resolution printers, or for those of you who want to print them off on your home computers.

Go to Downloads in the Contractors section.

Bank Holiday Opening - W. Smith (Durham) Ltd

W Smith (Durham) Ltd, 55 Carr House Drive, Framwellgate Moor, Durham, DH1 5 LT, will be open for pharmaceutical services between 11.00am and 1.00pm on Christmas Day (2002) and New Year's Day 2003

Pharmacy Relocations - L Rowlands & Co (Retail) Ltd and Chambers Chemists

L. Rowlands & Co (Retail) Ltd, formerly of 126 Parkgate, Darlington has relocated its Pharmacy to:

New Pharmacy - J.F. Eilbeck

J. F. Eilbeck Ltd has opened a new Pharmacy at 1 The Avenue, Deneside, Seaham, Co. Durham, SR7 8LQ. The new Pharmacy, which opened on 22nd. February, 2002 has the following opening hours:

09:00 - 12:30 14:00 - 18:00 Mon
09:00 - 12:30 14:00 - 18:00 Tue
09:00 - 12:30 14:00 - 16:00 Wed
09:00 - 12:30 14:00 - 18:00 Thu
09:00 - 12:30 14:00 - 17.30 Fri
The Pharmacy is no longer open on Saturday mornings.